An idle brain is the devil’s workshop. English Proverb

Quotes November 23, 2008

An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
Idleness
Quotations by English Proverb

In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love. Lord Byron

In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.PassionQuotations …

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it. John Naisbitt

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.Leaders and LeadershipQuotations by John Naisbitt

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion. Catullus

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.LoveQuotations by Catullus

"Phrases like ‘overworked and underpaid’ perpetuate that feeling." – Lena Bottos

“Phrases like ‘overworked and underpaid’ perpetuate that feeling.” – Lena Bottos

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation. Charles Baudelaire

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.BusinessQuotations by Charles Baudelaire

Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon

Knowledge is power.KnowledgeQuotations by Francis Bacon

Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood. Jr., Freeman Teague

Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.CommunicationQuotations by Jr., Freeman Teague

Honor lies in honest toil. Grover Cleveland

Honor lies in honest toil.HonorQuotations by Grover Cleveland

The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. Miguel De Cervantes

The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.Self-ConflictQuotations by Miguel De Cervantes

"A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don’t know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I’d have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you’re wrong? What if you’re making a mistake you can’t undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can’t pretend we hadn’t been told. We’ve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today’s possibility under tomorrow’s rug until we can’t anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying." – Meredith Grey

“A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never …